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I just have the King JP version, which sounds good enough if possibly a little thin. Great session.

The one time I saw him was at Sista's Place in Brooklyn with Harold E. Smith, Bert Harris, Ed Crockett, and Rufus and Messiah Harley sitting in. Wild night, and amazing music.

Schiano/Bellatalla/Liguori -- Concerto della Statale -- (Edizione di Cultura Populare)

The Palm titles are mostly real good (Mother Africa is kind of a clinker). Worked on a reissue of his Black Fire CD, now on LP, that's coming out via Strut this spring. Pretty interesting record, definitely veers into more populist territory but I like it. https://black-fire.bandcamp.com/album/my-pure-joy never saw a digital/CD reissue

those Taylor records really get under my skin. Glad to have them on CD at least!

ah, too bad. There's a really interesting interview with Oregon in Downbeat from when the group started. I will see if I can dig it out. Never got too into their music, but the interview is a good read.

Great selections but too much hyperbole. Also, Moholo is only on one additional track of the Elton Dean; Phil Howard was the group's drummer and plays on the rest of the album. Bandcamp Daily writing has, in my experience, left quite a bit to be desired.

yeah, correct -- 32Jazz reissued it as part of their Muse catalog reissues.

yeah, 32 Euros to ship a CD... seems like there must be another way. Would like to hear that Schols disc as well.

Oh wow, sad news. Great player; never got to see him in person, but his contributions to many records I cherish, well... those cannot be understated.

Mait Edey, the pianist who ran the Seeds label out of Boston. Interesting!

looks good -- I have that Agerbeek LP set with Dexter, and Rudi Brink is on some fine dates as well (Herman Schoonderwalt's "The Winner" being one).

Those Archie Shepp Full Moon Ensemble LPs on BYG-Actuel would qualify for me. Love all the players but the music just doesn't gel imo. Of course, I probably haven't pulled them out in 20 years or so.

Pretty sure their = gender neutral pronoun.

HOLY SHIT. Just donated. So sorry to read this.

sad news from his colleagues -- the great pianist Bobby Few has died in Paris at age 85. I was just thinking about him the other day as I went back through a tape of an interview I did with him, wherein he played as we chatted over the phone. Really nice guy and an amazing player -- saw him twice, once in duo with Avram Fefer and once in a quartet led by Noah Howard. The Frank Wright/Center of the World recordings he participated in are desert island discs for me. Ditto his work with Steve Lacy. RIP.

that's an incredible record but I don't really understand their model in this case. Easier to just find an original or an old Abraxas boot. I would suspect the only time anyone got paid was 54 years ago for the tape. also: regarding Survival, keep your ears to the ground on the Watts angle.

hahah should've expected that!

I'm not convinced it won't be re-pressed.

right, when I was a reviewer the number of labels that sent physical product dwindled to just a couple. It's like, I wasn't getting paid to write, at least give me something to hold onto and file in my shelves!

probably not counting the unsigned new wave college bands playing in the dorm cafeteria, which would be pretty interesting.

yeah, exactly.

Trane sounds great on it.

Miles and Milt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintet/Sextet Miles and Teddy Charles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moods I'm sure that at least Miles and Milt performed in concert together. Miles and Don Elliot in '52: http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/Disco.aspx?id=RareBroad

I have the New Jazz pressing, "Big Stuff," which is in mono. Incredible album -- Lacy really shines.